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An online resource centreWed, 21 Feb 2018 22:51:12 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4Slovakia update: Bytča synagogue restoration web site is now in Englishhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/19/slovakia-update-bytca-synagogue-restoration-web-site-is-now-in-english/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/19/slovakia-update-bytca-synagogue-restoration-web-site-is-now-in-english/”#respondMon, 19 Feb 2018 10:56:40 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18313 We only occasionally report on updated web sites — but we would like to point out this one. The web site for the restoration of the synagogue in Bytča, Slovakia is now fully available in an English language version. … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/19/slovakia-update-bytca-synagogue-restoration-web-site-is-now-in-english/”/feed0New Have Your Say: “Makom” in a revived synagogue in Crete; the role of Nikos Stavroulakishttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/18/new-have-your-say-makom-in-a-revived-synagogue-in-crete/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/18/new-have-your-say-makom-in-a-revived-synagogue-in-crete/”#commentsSun, 18 Feb 2018 13:58:38 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18311 Our new Have Your Say op-ed is an intensely personal essay by Ionanna Galanaki, who is completing her PhD at Southampton University on the revival of the Etz Chayyim synagogue and community in the ancient port of Chania, Crete. … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/18/new-have-your-say-makom-in-a-revived-synagogue-in-crete/”/feed4Lithuania: Mazel tov! Jewish heritage activist receives state honorhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/16/lithuania-mazel-tov-jewish-heritage-activist-receives-state-honor/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/16/lithuania-mazel-tov-jewish-heritage-activist-receives-state-honor/”#commentsFri, 16 Feb 2018 10:05:17 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18302 Mazel tov to JHE friend Sergey Kanovich — Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė has awarded him a high state honor for his work to preserve Lithuanian Jewish heritage. Kanovich, who founded of the Šeduva “Lost Shtetl” Jewish Memorial Fund and … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/16/lithuania-mazel-tov-jewish-heritage-activist-receives-state-honor/”/feed1Slovakia: update on restoration of Košice synagoguehttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/slovakia-update-on-restoration-of-kosice-synagogue/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/slovakia-update-on-restoration-of-kosice-synagogue/”#respondWed, 14 Feb 2018 12:10:49 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18299 Slovak media is reporting on progress in the restoration of the long-derelict synagogue that anchors the Orthodox Jewish compound on Zvonarska street in Košice, the main city in eastern Slovakia. Korzár Košice writes that the latest step in the … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/slovakia-update-on-restoration-of-kosice-synagogue/”/feed0JHE: Update on our web site revamphttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/jhe-update-on-our-web-site-revamp/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/jhe-update-on-our-web-site-revamp/”#respondWed, 14 Feb 2018 10:31:53 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18297 As we’ve reported earlier, the JHE web site is undergoing a re-design and update, with new material, organization, and search functions — among other things, our site will be fully responsive for viewing on smartphones and tablets. Here is … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/14/jhe-update-on-our-web-site-revamp/”/feed0Ukraine: Drone video of newly restored roof of Chernivtsi pre-burial househttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/12/ukraine-drone-video-of-newly-restored-roof-of-chernivtsi-pre-burial-house/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/12/ukraine-drone-video-of-newly-restored-roof-of-chernivtsi-pre-burial-house/”#commentsMon, 12 Feb 2018 13:46:31 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18290 Drone video can be overused — but in this case it provides a spectacular view of the recently completed, German-funded restoration of the domed roof of the Ceremonial Hall at the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/12/ukraine-drone-video-of-newly-restored-roof-of-chernivtsi-pre-burial-house/”/feed2Hungary: Reclaiming a mikveh in a quaint wine-making village whose Jewish community perished in the Shoahhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/11/hungary-reclaiming-a-mikveh-in-a-ne-wine-making-village/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/11/hungary-reclaiming-a-mikveh-in-a-ne-wine-making-village/”#respondSun, 11 Feb 2018 13:28:51 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18265 Work is under way to reclaim and restore the long-abandoned old mikveh in Erdőbénye, a quaint village in the Tokaj wine region of northeastern Hungary whose Jewish community perished in the Shoah. Its private owner wants to restore it … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/11/hungary-reclaiming-a-mikveh-in-a-ne-wine-making-village/”/feed0Lithuania: wooden synagogue in Varėna put on heritage listhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/08/lithuania-wooden-synagogue-in-varena-put-on-heritage-list/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/08/lithuania-wooden-synagogue-in-varena-put-on-heritage-list/”#respondThu, 08 Feb 2018 10:18:03 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18257Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/08/lithuania-wooden-synagogue-in-varena-put-on-heritage-list/”/feed0Poland: Permanent Exhibition Opens at Warsaw’s Bródno Jewish Cemeteryhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/poland-permanent-exhibition-opens-at-warsaws-brodno-jewish-cemetery/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/poland-permanent-exhibition-opens-at-warsaws-brodno-jewish-cemetery/”#respondTue, 06 Feb 2018 23:11:29 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18254 A visitor’s center housing a permanent exhibition on Jewish funeral traditions has opened at the Bródno Jewish cemetery in Warsaw’s Praga district. The opening February 6 of the Bet Almin – House of Eternity represented a major step in … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/poland-permanent-exhibition-opens-at-warsaws-brodno-jewish-cemetery/”/feed0Important New Resource on European Synagogues Launchedhttp://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/important-new-resource-on-european-synagogues-launched/”
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/important-new-resource-on-european-synagogues-launched/”#commentsTue, 06 Feb 2018 11:38:52 +0000http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=18182 ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] An important new resource on European synagogues is now online. It’s a web site — historicsynagogueseurope.org — that includes an interactive survey map of more than 3,000 synagogues in 48 countries, with … Continue reading →]]>http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/02/06/important-new-resource-on-european-synagogues-launched/”/feed4